The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invites public comment on a revised environmental impact statement (EIS) for the national fruit fly cooperative control program. The draft EIS considers potential environmental impacts from each of […]

Privileged Resolution Firing of Father Pat Conroy, House Chaplain Whereas Father Patrick Conroy has served honorably as House Chaplain since May 25, 2011, when he was appointed by Speaker John Boehner in consultation with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Whereas Father […]

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and Senator Marco Rubio Applaud Congressional Passage of JUST Act  The bipartisan Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act will assist in the return of, or restitution for, assets stolen in the Holocaust  Having passed both […]

Statement from New York City Council Member Andy King on DACA Ruling “In the community I represent in the North Bronx and around the nation, communities of young Americans from all backgrounds are celebrating this decision to strike down the President’s […]

Bronx SAFE Disposal Event is Saturday, May 5; Provides Residents Easy Option for Disposal of Potentially Harmful Household Items  Event will be in the Orchard Beach Parking Lot  City residents wanting to dispose of potentially harmful household materials may do […]

Frequency Definition: (noun) The number of occurrences within a given time period. Synonyms: Oftenness Usage: The frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older.

Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918) Representing her native Netherlands, Blankers-Koen made her Olympic debut at the 1936 Berlin Games but failed to medal. Two years later, she set her first world record in track and field. Unfortunately for her, both the 1940 […]

Unless wicked ideas take root in a naturally depraved mind, human nature, in a right and wholesome state, revolts at crime. Still, from an artificial civilization have originated wants, vices, and false tastes, which occasionally become so powerful as to […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Secretary Carson’s Proposed Rent Hikes on Millions of Americans (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) issued the following statement after U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced a […]

(Bronx, NY… April 24, 2018) …  On the steps of City Hall in lower Manhattan today, and at a ceremony held at the Dr. Katharine Dodge Brownell School in the Southeast Bronx, Alan Mucatel, executive director of what was formerly […]